\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1}Motivation for topic selection }{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2}Background on parallel programming }{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3}Background on multi and many core architectures }{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4}Challenges in parallelism and multiple core processing }{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Discussion of selected papers}{4}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}Paper 1 review (SW): Data Parallel Programming Model for Many-Core Architectures}{4}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Summary}{4}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Context, reason and problem description}{4}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Contribution}{5}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Main Results }{5}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Discussion}{6}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Conclusion}{6}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}Paper 2 review (SW): Parallel Patterns for General Purpose Many-Core}{6}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Summary}{6}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Context, reason and problem description}{6}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Contribution}{7}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Main Results }{7}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Discussion}{8}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Conclusion}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.3}Paper 3 review (HW): Parallel Programming and Many-core architectures}{8}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Summary}{8}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Context, reason and problem description}{8}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Challenges/Important issues mentioned}{9}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Main Results }{9}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Discussion}{9}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Analysis on contributions}{9}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{ Novelty introduced}{9}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Writing structure}{10}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Gaps and unaddressed issues}{10}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Conclusion}{10}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Suggestions for future research}{10}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.4}Paper 4 review (HW): An efficient distributed memory interface for Many-Core Platform with 3D stacked DRAM }{10}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Summary}{10}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Context, reason and problem description}{10}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Challenges/Important issues mentioned}{10}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Contribution}{11}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Main Results }{11}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Discussion}{11}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Analysis on contributions}{11}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Novelty introduced}{11}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Writing structure}{12}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Technical flaws}{12}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Gaps and unaddressed issues}{12}
\contentsline {paragraph}{Conclusion}{12}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Rating and recommendations}{12}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Suggestions for future research}{12}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Comparison of papers}{12}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Definition of evaluation and comparison criteria}{12}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Qualitative}{12}
\contentsline {subparagraph}{Quantitative}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Results of comparison including thorough argumentation of pros and cons of the different approaches }{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Remarks and final comments}{14}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Literature}{14}
